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buharkent haber
7 May 2022 - 20:25 PM
thank you
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simon peacock
1 August 2020 - 14:39 PM
Who believes that the US embraces capitalism today? CEOs decide their own rewards, tech titans employ monopolistic trade practices to bankrupt competitors, giant pharma abuse their pricing ability and encourage…
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amin kaviani
12 June 2020 - 10:36 AM
I honestly think this debate topic wasn't a good one or at least it's not really reflective of the greater discussion going on in the country today. I don't think…
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Jack Son
21 May 2020 - 04:06 AM
Wow Christa, that is a particularly intrepid use of quote mining. The Snopes article you are referring to used that UFP article as an example of the right-wing talking point,…
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Christa Percopo
7 March 2020 - 07:28 AM
It is you Mr. Segal who is not clear on the facts!!! Here is Snopes fact check: "...if it can be successfully argued that it’s really a form of socialism,…
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Christa Percopo
7 March 2020 - 07:13 AM
And I wholeheartedly agree. I thought the team for capitalism made a strong and persuasive case
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Ken MacMillan
10 February 2020 - 19:17 PM
Politicians tend to do more damage to the economy than anything.
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Mekkel Richards
10 February 2020 - 16:39 PM
It's pretty dishonest to pretend that the two are not inextricably linked.
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Morgan Lesko
2 February 2020 - 12:14 PM
This is one of the better attempts at this debate. Kudos!
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Ken MacMillan
29 December 2019 - 17:44 PM
The motion against is confusing politics with economics.
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Carlton Buford
29 December 2019 - 13:36 PM
I think the real issue is that our policy framework does not allow for interventions necessary to keep the US economy economically competitive working best for the widest group of…
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Chris Lawyer
19 December 2019 - 20:15 PM
I honestly think this debate topic wasn't a good one or at least it's not really reflective of the greater discussion going on in the country today. I don't think…
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Joseph Psotka
18 December 2019 - 17:17 PM
Capitalism is changing in inscrutable ways. The US is becoming a service economy. More and more companies are non-profit. Technology platforms look more and more like monopolies, but they have…
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Joseph Les
16 December 2019 - 17:37 PM
The motion is meaningless. The word capitalism is an empty phrase in todays discourse. We live in a regulated capitalistic state. The choice is not between capitalism or socialism or…
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Spring Zhang
15 December 2019 - 05:50 AM
The team argued for the motion was basically saying that the free market is good and authoritarianism is bad.
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Christian Ely
11 December 2019 - 19:20 PM
The more important question is, Is Capitalism Sustainable? I don't know that traditional socialism is the answer, perhaps we need to develop a new system instead of looking to the…
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dr.srm_19050
8 December 2019 - 12:29 PM
First question; what is a blessing? A blessing could be that of which we pray for. So, Is Capitalism a blessing-is it that of which we pray for? Let's say…
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Joseph Segal
2 December 2019 - 01:43 AM
Bhutan is not the happiest country in the world. Wrong again Mr. Mackey. So very arrogant and ignorant. Denmark is the happiest country in the world. Denmark where college is…
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Joseph Segal
2 December 2019 - 01:27 AM
Mr. Mackey saying the Nazis were Socialist is so very ignorant it disqualifies him from any intelligent conversation. It's historically 100% nonsense. Hitler HATED Socialism and socialists and murdered thousands…
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Joseph Segal
2 December 2019 - 01:22 AM
Mangu-Ward says "Peace, prosperity, health, a better future" Who thinks American capitalism affords the vast majority of us THAT??? Walk into any business today and you'll see people who hate…
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Joseph Segal
2 December 2019 - 01:18 AM
Most people can't afford to shop at Whole Foods. Whole Foods a company that cut healthcare to 1900 part time workers in a top down dictatorial move to squeeze more…
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Joseph Segal
2 December 2019 - 01:11 AM
This is what a successful Socialist country looks like. https://youtu.be/eKa-3lbLeyA
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Joseph Segal
2 December 2019 - 01:08 AM
Mackey like his teammate is so condescending and lazy going to "what about Stallin" the last refrain of the lazy Capitalist millionaire trying to defend his privilege. How many people…
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Joseph Segal
2 December 2019 - 01:04 AM
"I sometimes wonder in these conversations whether we inhabit the same planet here?" Professor Richard Wolff I totally agree! It's as though we are seeing entirely different realities and speaking…
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Joseph Segal
2 December 2019 - 00:57 AM
If you're a mom 'n pop business you can choose any economic model where you're the King of your castle or you can run a worker cooperative of shared ownership.…
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Joseph Segal
2 December 2019 - 00:36 AM
Katherine Mangu-Ward is so condescending and arrogant for someone who edits a magazine called "Reason". She's very hostile. Again like Mackey she fear mongers about state control and planning that…
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Joseph Segal
2 December 2019 - 00:24 AM
Is John Mackey saying the Social Democracies of the world like the Scandinavian countries are not Socialism? Forbes lists most of these nations as the most "business friendly" nations in…
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Keith Grace
1 December 2019 - 15:44 PM
Richard Wolff absolutely owned this debate from start to finish. I was clearly against this most ridiculous, most offensive motion from pre-vote to post-vote. I am truly disturbed - but…
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Alexander Page
24 November 2019 - 07:18 AM
I've never been in this position before. I basically agree with the motion, yet was much more on board for the against side. I think my problem is that both…
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Muh Opinions
22 November 2019 - 08:34 AM
The nazis put communists in gas chambers you fool. Fascism is an extension of socialism. A manifestation of it.
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Muh Opinions
22 November 2019 - 08:32 AM
The apparent blessing that has lifted millions out of poverty? that is an explicit blessing. Socialism is the ideology that starved millions to death. I will take my capitalist scraps…
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Muh Opinions
22 November 2019 - 08:30 AM
I will add as well: socially sanctioned and rewarded greed that has brought food and electricity to billions of people.
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Muh Opinions
22 November 2019 - 08:29 AM
Is that why they were brutal savages?
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Muh Opinions
22 November 2019 - 08:28 AM
I don't think he can tie his shoelaces very well
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Muh Opinions
22 November 2019 - 08:27 AM
The Nazis were explicitly socialists. Just because the party rejected communism does not mean its not socialist. Read the party platform and manifesto. They outline their EXPLICITLY SOCIALIST GOALS in…
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Henry Herzberg
20 November 2019 - 08:18 AM
I suppose you could run Whole Foods as productively as John? or the shelf stocker?
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Henry Herzberg
20 November 2019 - 08:15 AM
Capitalism provides a pretty reliable test for showing who's good at allocating resources, the amount of money one makes. So, why would I trust somebody like Richard to suddenly become…
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Miles Kelley
19 November 2019 - 01:41 AM
As I mentioned, if you look into the fascist ideology and history a tad deeper, you will find that the name on the tin is a conscious bait and switch.…
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Steven Dailey
19 November 2019 - 01:06 AM
Yes. I would add that it is societally-sanctioned and rewarded greed.
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Kyree McLaurin-Davis
17 November 2019 - 20:37 PM
Well, Nazi is indeed short for National Socialist Party...and Hitler is quoted as saying he and those in his party are Socialists, these are Hitler's own words, so it would…
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Miles Kelley
17 November 2019 - 15:06 PM
One might think that when Mackey calls Nazis socialists, he's basically disqualified himself from credible engagement on this topic. But sadly, I'm not sure people know the history too well.
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Cameron Freiburghaus
17 November 2019 - 04:58 AM
Nazi: "a member of the National Socialist German Workers' Party." what am i missing? why wouldn't you call Nazis socialist?
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Sean McBride
13 November 2019 - 16:35 PM
Mangu-Ward was surprisingly dishonest and unreasonable, especially using inclusivity as a defense of capitalism when social reforms to capitalism have always required some form of protest movement. Then she claims…
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James Seward
13 November 2019 - 16:18 PM
Oh John is such a nice guy. He takes a $1 salary. How much did he get in the sale to Amazon? How much money did he make off his…
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Peter Tutini
13 November 2019 - 14:24 PM
A curious outcome - those opposed to capitalism won the debate but lost the argument.
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kris klos
13 November 2019 - 13:53 PM
Native American's lived in a socialistic for more then 10,000 year's before the white man come.
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kris klos
13 November 2019 - 13:33 PM
Capitalism is nothing more then greed
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Homo Sapien
13 November 2019 - 07:08 AM
Capitalism is a disguised blessing - a virtual ball and chain. Blessings (scraps) from those at the table. Appeasement concessions to ensure their position at the table remains. As long…
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Ben Lawson
13 November 2019 - 01:37 AM
Um... the Swiss have a hybrid, publicly subsidized healthcare system too, John...
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Ben Lawson
13 November 2019 - 01:37 AM
Capitalism is an evolution of organizing production as a recursive function of market forces and technological innovation. It's as much a blessing as the current rules in football: a dash…
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Ben Lawson
13 November 2019 - 01:32 AM
Like as in good catch on that point.
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Jennifer A Thompson
13 November 2019 - 01:20 AM
Capitalism was never a blessing, and is currently eating itself alive.
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Ben Lawson
13 November 2019 - 01:16 AM
About St. John and his donation of "stock options" https://www.forbes.com/sites/noahkirsch/2017/06/16/heres-how-much-john-mackey-whole-foods-cofounder-and-ceo-is-worth/#6ed348e6432f "Despite years of dilution to his stake and a steady stream of stock sales, Mackey continues to hold nearly one…
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Youkh Ephriam
13 November 2019 - 01:09 AM
Did he just say the Nazi's, who put socialists and communists in gas chambers, socialist?
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Ben Lawson
13 November 2019 - 00:59 AM
er, rather absolute freedom of consumption.
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Ben Lawson
13 November 2019 - 00:58 AM
Ugh, ad hominems... I wish they would address Ms. Mangu-Wards claim about the morality of capitalism and the absolutely freedom found in capitalism.
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pgrunwald_20113
13 November 2019 - 00:42 AM
Capitalism is the worst form of allocating resources except for all the others...
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Ben Lawson
13 November 2019 - 00:42 AM
Ms Mangu-Ward has, so far, been the most "persuasive" if Cialdini's observations about influence hold in regards to perspective taking, joking, pointing out to generalities Prof. Wolff is doing a…
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pgrunwald_20113
13 November 2019 - 00:40 AM
https://www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/NOTE1.HTM Tell all these people about the "stability" of socialism...
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Miles Kelley
13 November 2019 - 00:32 AM
For a good argument, you're not gonna get it from a short form generalist youtuber. Wolfe's intention is mostly introducing people to a different approach, rather than deep argument. By…
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Catherine Borowski
13 November 2019 - 00:27 AM
Mr Sunkara should request Jeff Bezos, a staunch liberal, to utilize his model of employee owners and pay them dividends.
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Gregory Bainathsah
13 November 2019 - 00:09 AM
Yeah, from what I've seen his arguments are so vicious and resentful. But then again, I haven't seen ALL his stuff. It's just my personal observation that his opinion could…
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Zachary Johnson
12 November 2019 - 20:03 PM
I've been watching Richard Wolff's YouTube channel for a while now and he has the most paper thin arguments in support of socialism.
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